Madera County Municipal Code Ch. 2.31 Sheriff-Coroner

Whenever he or she takes custody of a dead body pursuant to law, the sheriff-coroner shall charge and collect from the person entitled to control and disposition of the remains, as specified in Section 7100 of the Health and Safety Code, the actual expense incurred by the sheriff-coroner in removing the body from the place of death and keeping the body until it is released to the person responsible for its interment.

A. The charge for removal of a dead human body shall be as follows:

B. The charge shall be collected by the sheriff-coroner or his or her agent pursuant to this section and Government Code Section 27472.

(Ord. 505-B § 1, 1994: Ord. 505-A § 1, 1987: Ord. 505 § 1, 1986).

A. Whenever the sheriff-coroner takes custody of a dead body pursuant to law, he or she may embalm the body and charge and collect a fee from the person entitled to custody of the body.

B. The fees shall be as follows:

(Ord. 505-B § 2, 1994: Ord. 505-A § 2, 1987: Ord. 505 § 2, 1986).

For purposes of applying for state aid pursuant to Chapter 1 of Title 4 (commencing with Section 13500) of Part 4 of the California Penal Code, the county of Madera hereby adopts and shall adhere to the standards of recruitment and training established by the California Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training of the California Department of Justice for peace officer personnel of the sheriff's department while receiving any such state aid.

(Ord. 533 § 1, 1990).

A. The board of supervisors has made the following determinations:

1. The military equipment inventoried and presented to the board of supervisors is necessary because there is no reasonable alternative that can achieve the same objective of officer and civilian safety;

2. The proposed military equipment use policy, hereinafter referred to as "policy," will safeguard the public's welfare, safety, civil rights, and civil liberties;

3. The equipment is reasonably cost effective compared to available alternatives that can achieve the same objective of officer and civilian safety (if any);

4. Prior military equipment use complied with the applicable equipment use policy (which included equipment now defined as military equipment) that was in effect at the time, or if prior uses did not comply with the accompanying military equipment use policy, corrective action has been taken to remedy nonconforming uses and ensure future compliance.

B. The sheriff's office has submitted a proposed policy to the board of supervisors and has made those documents available on the sheriff's office website for at least thirty days prior to the public hearing concerning the military equipment at issue.

C. The policy was considered by the board of supervisors as an agenda item in an open session of a regular meeting, noticed in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act, at which public comment was permitted.

D. The policy shall be made publicly available on the sheriff's office website for as long as the military equipment is available for use;

E. The sheriff's office shall submit an annual military equipment report to the board of supervisors, containing the information required in Government Code Section 7072, and the board of supervisors shall determine whether each type of military equipment identified in that report has complied with the standards for approval set forth in subsections (A)(1)—(4) above;

F. The board of supervisors shall review this ordinance, and vote on whether to renew it, on an annual basis at a regular meeting, in accordance with Government Code Section 7071(e)(2);

G. The board of supervisors approves the use of the policy, and finds that it satisfies the requirements of Government Code Section 7070(d).

(Ord. No. 697, § 1, 5-17-22).